Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet
British politician
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| Intro | British politician | |
| A.K.A. | John Hay | |
| A.K.A. | John Hay | |
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
| was | Politician | |
| Work field | Politics | |
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| Birth | 3 August 1788 | |
| Death | 1 November 1838 (aged 50 years) |
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Sir John Hay, 6th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE FSA (3 August 1788 – 1 November 1838) was a British baronet and politician. He sat as a Member of Parliament for Peeblesshire from 1831 to 1837.
He was the son of Sir John Hay, 5th Baronet of Smithfield and Haystoun FRSE (1755-1830), banker and landowner, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes. His brother-in-law was the banker, George Forbes FRSE (1790-1857).
He trained as an advocate and passed the Scottish bar in 1811.
In 1820 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being George Forbes.
In 1821 he married Ann Preston (d.1862). They had no children.